
SHOWS
Featured Past Performances
04/23/2023
Tenor Saxophone with The Temptations and The Omaha Symphony
Holland Center
Omaha, NE
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03/​​​​18/2020
Binary at NASA Biennial Conference
Works by Penman and Ensign
World premiere of "... for in my dreams there return a terrible silence." by Christina Ensign
US Premiere of "Duo for Saxophone and Electronics" by Alastair Penman
University of Arizona
Tempe, AZ
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10/26-27/18
Binary and The Room 9 Duo at American Single Reed Summit
Works by Penman, Tull, Mellits, and Resanovic
Premiere of Garrett Hopes' Letters to Loved Ones for Bb Clarinet and Alto Saxophone
Truman State University
Kirksville, MO
03/16/18
Guest soloist on Sammy Nestico's "Persuasion"
with the Columbus High School Concert Band and "Sunny Side of the Street" with the Columbus High School Jazz Band
7:00 PM
Columbus, NE
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03/10/18
TCB Saxophone Quartet at 2018 NASA Biennial
Cincinnati Conservatory
Pieces by Grainger and Romero
4:00 PM
Cincinnati, OH
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11/19/2017
TCB Saxophone Quartet
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Pieces by Grainger, Vellones, Glazunov, Paich, Woods, and Romero
3:30 PM
Lincoln, NE
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03/​​​​18/2017
TCB Saxophone Quartet at NASA Region 3 Conference
Premiere of Daniel Baldwin's Vortex and previosuly unheard arrangements of Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier by Percy Aldridge Grainger
Brookings, SD
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04/15/2013
DMA Lecture Recital
Identifying and Interpreting Jazz Influence in Works for Solo Alto Saxophone
Westbrook Recital Hall
​Lincoln, NE
7:00 PM
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04/01/2013​
Paul Haar Faculty Recital​
Performing Randall Snyder's Dances Nostalgique
Kimball Recital Hall​
Lincoln, NE​
7:00 PM
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03/26/2013​
Lisa Howell Doctoral Recital​
Performing Lori Laitman's I Never Saw Another Butterfly​
Kimball Recital Hall​
Lincoln, NE​
7:00 PM
03/13/2013
With The Leo Lonnie Orchestra
The Playmor Ballroom
West O St
Lincoln, NE
7:00 PM
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02/05/2013
Featured Soloist with the University of Nebraska Big Band on "Always Say Goodbye" by Charlie Haden arr. Howles
7:30 PM, Kimball Recital Hall
Lincoln, NE
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01/20/2013
The Omaha Symphony Orchestra
Suite from Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill (Alto)
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01/4-6/2013
Lecture Presentation:
"Jazz-Influenced Music for the Saxophone"
36th Annual International Saxophone Symposium
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
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10/23/2012
Doctoral Recital #4: Contemporary and Jazz Influenced Music for the Saxophone
Kimball Recital Hall
Program includes:
Blue Caprice by Victor Morosco
Three Ballads for Stan Getz by Alec Wilder
Fuzzy Bird Sonata by Takashi Yoshimatsu
Klonos by Piet Swerts
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4/20/2012
Doctoral Recital #3: Chamber Music for the Saxophone
7:00 PM, Westbrok Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE​​​​​​​​​​
Program includes:
Duo Sonata by Gregory Wanamaker
I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Lori Laitman
Suite for Four Alto Saxophones by Elliott Carter
Trio for Saxophone, Bassoon and Piano by David von Kampen
Dervish by Chris Rutkowski
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01/20/2012
The Heartland Saxophone Quartet (Howles on Baritone)
35th Annual International Saxophone Symposium
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
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12/03/2011
3:00 PM, Kimball Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE
Doctoral Recital #2 "The French Saxophone"
Program includes:
Prelude, Candence, and Finale - Desenclos
Sonatine - Pascal
Etudes 2, 3, 8, and 9 - Koechlin
Caprice en forme de waltz - Bonneau
Fantasia - Villa-Lobos
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11/21/2011
7:30 PM, Kimball Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE
Soloist on "Fantasy for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble" by Kye Ryung Park
**World Premiere Performance**
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03/26/2011
3:45 - Lekburg Recital Hall, Indianola, IA
Solo Recital (as part of NASA Region 3 Conference)
Program to include:
Sonata, op. 29 - Muczynski
Improvisation II - Noda
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03/19/2011
7:30 - Kimball Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE
Lincoln Symphony Orchestra
Pictures At An Exhibition by M. Mussorgsky, orch. Ravel
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01/28/2011
7:30 - Kimball Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE
Doctoral Recital #1
Program to include:
Concertino da Camera - Ibert
Sonata, op. 29 - Muczynski
Improvisation II - Noda
Concerto - Glazunov
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01/05/2012
The Westbrook Saxophone Quartet (Howles on Tenor)
34th Annual International Saxophone Symposium
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
04/02/2010
2:00 - Westbrook Recital Hall
Master of Music Solo Recital
Program to include:
San Antonio - Harbison
Concerto - Dubois
Oblivion - Piazzola
Sky Scrapings - Freund